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Musee d’Orsay

Jul

Furry Starry Night over the Rhone

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, present the true version of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night over the Rhone”. As you remember, we already discovered the true version of “Starry Night” painted in Saint-Remy. The painting We are talking about today was...

Jan

James Tissot, Musee d’Orsay

Evening with the Cat

Every woman dreams of the large ginger cat to escort her to the ball. Famous French artist James Tissot chose Us as a model to embody this sweet fantasy in his masterpiece: The lady-model chose her dress to compliment Our magnificent furs. If you look at the commonly known...

Jul

Edouard Manet, Musee d’Orsay

Naked Lunch

Once We, Zarathustra the Cat, managed to scandalize society when he sat for Edouard Manet’s masterpiece “Luncheon on the Grass” and licked you know what. The great painter told Us “A lady in the background will catch you a shrimp if you look straight at...

Sep

Jean-Franсois Millet, Musee d’Orsay

Cats are the true overlords

Cats are the true overlords, it is obvious nowadays but was not in 1857, when nobody knew about the Internet and when Jean-François Millet completed his famous painting “The Gleaners”. The painting caused a lot of controversy at the time because it showed peasants not working for...

Aug

Auguste Renoir, Musee d’Orsay

Julie Manet with the Cat

Every girl dreams about being cuddled by a huge cat! So did Julie Manet, when genius Pierre-Auguste Renoir created her famous portrait. But at the time her kitty was so small, he was actually a kitten. Julie picked him up him on her knees and, while the artist painted her, she...

Mar

Alexandre Cabanel, Musee d’Orsay

Cats are a girl’s best friends

Cats are a girl’s best friends – who can doubt it! Today We reveal the true version of the masterpiece “Birth of Venus” by Alexandre Cabanel: Dear ladies, be happy and creative, and your cats always will support you! Just compare this true version to a...

Nov

Edgar Degas, Musee d’Orsay

Pas de chat – dance like a fat cat!

Do you know why classical ballet glossary contains a lot of names of jumps with the word «cat» («chat» in French): pas de chat, enter-chat? That is because We used to be a famous ballet teacher in France 19th century, and great Edgar Degas painted Us in his magnificent «The...

Mar

Edouard Manet, Musee d’Orsay

Cats and flowers

Do cats like flowers? We, Zarathustra the Cat, answer this question showing the original version of Edouard Manet’s masterpiece Olympia: The answer is: Cats prefer king prawns or Cats prefer raw meat It is more eloquent that commonly known version of the masterpiece...

Jun

James Whistler, Musee d’Orsay

Whistler’s Mother and the Cat

Speaking about America, we decided to reveal to the public the original version of the most famous Whistler’s painting: Whistler originally envisioned painting the model standing up, but